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Gags aplenty: a definitive list of the best comedy shows
The Office - Series 1 and 2 [2001]The Office - Series 1 and 2 [2001]
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The absolute pinacle of comedy: perceptive, funny of several levels, touching and with more quotable lines than anything else written. Also has the biggest issue for debate: would you pump Dawn?
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volumes 1-3 / Live in Aspen [1969]The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volumes 1-3 / Live in Aspen [1969]
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Ground breaking
Fawlty Towers: Series 1 and 2 [1975]Fawlty Towers: Series 1 and 2 [1975]
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Close to perfection
The Simpsons: Complete Season 5 [1990]The Simpsons: Complete Season 5 [1990]
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Best animated comedy: though running out of ideas these days and deteriorating
Blackadder: Complete BBC Series 1-4Blackadder: Complete BBC Series 1-4
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Stephen Fry at his best as Melchit
I'm Alan Partridge : Complete BBC Series 1 [1997]I'm Alan Partridge : Complete BBC Series 1 [1997]
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Jurassic Park
Only Fools And Horses - The Complete Series 1 To 7 [1981]Only Fools And Horses - The Complete Series 1 To 7 [1981]
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A national treasure, perhaps somewhat over lauded in recent years
South Park: Complete Series 3South Park: Complete Series 3
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Do you know about women? 'yes there's the ones with vaginas in 'em'
The Young Ones - Series One [1982]The Young Ones - Series One [1982]
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Ground breaking - launched the careers of many a seventies band, not to mention ade edmonson and rick mayal, and of course ricardo carvalio once of porto now a mercenary traitor
The Day Today : Complete BBC Series (2 Disc Set) [1994]The Day Today : Complete BBC Series (2 Disc Set) [1994]
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Now fact me till I fart
Men Behaving Badly - Series 1 To 6 [1992]Men Behaving Badly - Series 1 To 6 [1992]
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Absolutely awesome at the time. Somewhat dated now.
Little Britain - Series 1 [2003]Little Britain - Series 1 [2003]
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Could do some sort of 'I want that one' kind of gag. But it's not nice to take the micky out of the handicapped. Shame on you.
The Fast Show - Series One [1994]The Fast Show - Series One [1994]
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Awesome at the time, slightly dated now
Not The Nine O'Clock News - The Best Of Not The Nine O'Clock News - Vol. 1 [1979]Not The Nine O'Clock News - The Best Of Not The Nine O'Clock News - Vol. 1 [1979]
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And if you are a homosexual that's ok, that's alright. just don't expect God to love you. He hates puffs.
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin : The Complete BBC Series Collection [1976]The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin : The Complete BBC Series Collection [1976]
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I didn't get where I am today without knowing that it's no fun getting where I am today
Porridge - Series 1 [1974]Porridge - Series 1 [1974]
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Very clever launched some liginds onto our screens, some of whom are dead now
The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' [1990-2002]The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' [1990-2002]
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Angus Deaton: coke snorting sex purchasing ligind!!!!!
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: Anniversary Special (BBC Radio Collection)I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: Anniversary Special (BBC Radio Collection) by Various Artists
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Radio genius
One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 - Complete Collection [1990]One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 - Complete Collection [1990]
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Miserable old git
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps - Series 3-4 [2001]Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps - Series 3-4 [2001]
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No, only joking this is toss